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CHAINTECH 9SIF8 User Manual

Intel® socket 478 sis 651 + 962l u-atx motherboard
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Declaration of Conformity
According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules
The following designated product:
EQUIPMENT: MAINBOARD
MODEL NO.: 9SIF8
is a Class B digital device that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
This declaration is given to the manufacturer:
CHAINTECH-EXCEL COMPUTER INC.
4427 Enterprise St. Fremont, CA 94538, U.S.A.
http://www.chaintechusa.com
Chaintech President: Simon Ho
Signature:

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Summary of Contents for CHAINTECH 9SIF8

  • Page 1 According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules The following designated product: EQUIPMENT: MAINBOARD MODEL NO.: 9SIF8 is a Class B digital device that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1.
  • Page 2 9SIF8 Motherboard Intel® Socket 478 SiS® 651 + 962L u-ATX Motherboard User’s Guide V1.0...

  • Page 3: Federal Communications Commission Statement

    Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: * This device may not cause harmful interference. * This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ............1 Product Specifications ..................1 Package Contents....................2 9SIF8 Motherboard Layout ................3 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup............4 Installing a CPU Processor for Socket 478.............4 Setting Your CPU’s Performance ..............4 Main Memory Configuration................5 Connector and Jumper Reference Chart ............6 Connector and Jumper Settings ..............7...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Product Specifications Processor Supports the Intel® Pentium 4/Celeron socket 478 CPU with Hyper-Threading Technology Supports the Intel® Pentium 4 /Celeron system bus at 400/533 MHz Chipset SiS® 651 + 962L, supports Hyper-Threading Technology Main Memory Supports two 184-pin Double Data Rate (DDR) DIMMs up to 2GB Supports PC1600/2100/2700 DDR modules.

  • Page 8: Package Contents

    Chapter 1 On-board Super I/O IT8700 Controller One UARTs support two serial ports One SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB Fast Ethernet Networking Controller On-Board PHY LAN supports 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Boot-Block Flash ROM Award system BIOS support PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI, &...

  • Page 9: 9Sif8 Motherboard Layout

    Chapter 1 9SIF8 Motherboard Layout...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

    Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup If your motherboard has already been installed in your computer you may still need to refer to this chapter if you plan to upgrade your system's hardware. This motherboard is electrostatic sensitive. Do not touch without wearing proper safety gadget and make sure to disconnect the power cable from the power source before performing any work on your motherboard.

  • Page 11: Main Memory Configuration

    Chapter 2 After turning on your system’s power, enable the CMOS Setup Utility by pressing delete key when your BIOS identification screen appears. Then go to Frequency/ Voltage control option and select your CPU clock ratio and CPU clock speed (please refer to Chapter 3 for more details).

  • Page 12: Connector And Jumper Reference Chart

    Chapter 2 Connector and Jumper Reference Chart Jumper Connector Function Page PW1 / 3 ATX Power Supply Connector FDD1 Floppy Connector IDE1 / 2 IDE Hard-Disk Connector CMOS Clear Jumper Disable/Enable USB 2/3 Device Power ON Jumper FAN1 / 2 CPU/ System Cooling Fan Connector (12V) CN1A Front Panel (Power / Rest / SPK…etc.) Connector...

  • Page 13: Connector And Jumper Settings

    Chapter 2 Connector and Jumper Settings Connectors are used to link the system board with other parts of the system, including power supply, keyboard, and the various controllers on the front panel of the system case. The power supply connector is the last connection to be made while installing a motherboard.
  • Page 14 Chapter 2 will be activated and therefore can be remotely accessed. You may enable this function in BIOS's Power Management Setup menu. (See section 3) Blinking LED in Suspend Mode While in Suspend mode, the LED light on the front panel of your computer will flash.
  • Page 15 Chapter 2 IDE1 / 2 (IDE Hard-Disk Connector) This connector is used for connecting 40 pins of ATAPI devices. IDE 1 only connects two IDE devices. (Primary Master/Slave) IDE 2 only connects two IDE devices. (Secondary Master/Slave) JP1 (CMOS Clear Jumper) Definition 1-2 Normal (default) 2-3 Clear CMOS Data...
  • Page 16 Chapter 2 5. Set the system configuration in the Standard CMOS Setup menu. JP6 (Enable/Disable USB 2/3 Device Power ON Jumper) Definition 1-2 Normal (default) 2-3 Clear CMOS Data An USB keyboard hot key or an USB mouse click can activate this board. To use this function, select a hot key of your choice at the USB Port Wake Up Control option under Wake Up Events in the BIOS's Power On Management screen.
  • Page 17 Chapter 2 CN1A (Front Panel Connector) 1. PWR-SW (Over-ride Power Button Connector): The power button on the ATX chassis can be used as a normal power switch as well as a device to activate Advanced Power Management Suspend mode. This mode is used for saving electricity when the computer is idle for long periods of time.
  • Page 18 Chapter 2 power off. 5. SPEAKER (Speaker Connector): This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speakers. 6. HD-LED (IDE Activity LED Connector): The IDE activity LED lights up whenever the system reads/writes to the IDE devices. CN2/2A (CD-ROM Audio-in Connector) Use the audio cable enclosed with your CD-ROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your motherboard.
  • Page 19 Chapter 2 CN5A [WOL (Wake-on-LAN) Connector] Enable the Wake Up On LAN selection in BIOS's Power Management Menu to use this function. The ability to remotely manage PCs on a network is a significant factor in reducing administrative and ownership costs. Magic Packet technology is designed with WOL function to LAN controllers.
  • Page 20 Chapter 2 CN24 (Front Audio Connector) This connector gives you the option of a front panel audio jack cable ext. to be plugged into a special custom- designed system case. Simply remove the two jumper caps at pins [5-6] and [9-10] then plug it into the (optional) cable ext. connector. Pins [5-6] and [9-10] are shorted (default) to enable the back panel audio function.

  • Page 21: Chapter 3 Bios Setup Program

    Chapter 3 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Program Phoenix-Award BIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it can retain the setup information, even when the power is turned off. To enter the Phoenix-Award BIOS setup program press [Delete] when you Power on or reboot the computer system.

  • Page 22: Standard Cmos Setup

    Chapter 3 Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup allows users to configure system components such as hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and video display as well as date, time and boot-up error signaling. This configuration menu should be changed when installing a motherboard for the first time, changing hardware such as HDD, FDD, and video display in your system, or when the CMOS data is lost or corrupted.

  • Page 23: Advanced Bios Features

    Chapter 3 Halt On When the system is powered on, BIOS performs a series of diagnostic tests called POST (Power On Self Test). This function stops the computer if BIOS detects a hardware error. You can tell BIOS to halt on all errors, no errors, or not to halt on specific errors.
  • Page 24 Chapter 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enable this function for the CPU L2 Cache Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) operation. Quick Power On Self Test (POST) Enable this function to reduce the amount of time required to run the POST (Power On Self Test).
  • Page 25 Chapter 3 Security Option The Supervisor and/or User Password functions shown in Figure 3-1 must be set to take advantage of this function. See Section 3.11 for password setting information. When the Security Option is set to System, a password must be entered to boot the system or enter the BIOS setup program.

  • Page 26: Advanced Chipset Features

    Chapter 3 Advanced Chipset Features By choosing the [Advanced Chipset Features] option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen that lists the manufacturer's default values for the motherboard is displayed below. Figure 3-4 Advanced Chipset Features Screen All of the above settings have been determined by the motherboard manufacturer and should not be changed unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing.
  • Page 27 Chapter 3 4. CAS Latency Setting: This item controls the latency between DRAM read command and the time when the data actually becomes available. 5. DRAM Addr/Cmd Rates: This item controls the DRAM Addr/Cmd Rates. Available options are: [AUTO], [1T] and [2T]. Prefetch Caching Enabling this function will advance the reading and writing efficiency of cache I/O.

  • Page 28: Integrated Peripherals

    Chapter 3 Not all AGP cards support fast write. AGP sideband address Enable this setting to utilize the 4X mode (twice as fast as 2X) offered by advanced AGP cards. Your VGA card must support 4X mode in order to take advantage of the faster speed.
  • Page 29 Chapter 3 SiS OnChip IDE Device Press [Enter] to enter the sub-menu, which contains the following items for advanced control: 1. Internal PCI/IDE This field allows you to enable either the primary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel, or both. 2.
  • Page 30 Chapter 3 5. SIS AC97 Audio This feature allows you to enable or disable the on-board AC97 audio function. 6. SIS 10/100M ETHERNET This option allows you to enable or disable the on-board LAN. 7. USB 0/1/2/2.0 Access Interface Select option [EDB Bus] will improve the efficiency. 8.

  • Page 31: Power Management Setup

    Chapter 3 8. Midi Port IRQ This item specifies an IRQ for the Midi port. Available options are [5] and [10]. Init Display First This function allows users to choose between AGP and PCI slot to initialize display. AGP Auto Calibration Available options: Disable/Enable.
  • Page 32 Chapter 3 Suspend Mode The Power Management function is set as [Enabled] to activate this function. If the system runs in Standby mode and the Suspend timer expires, all devices regulated by power management will shut down and the CPU speed will be 0 MHz. Video Off Option/Method This function serves as both screen and power savers for monitors.

  • Page 33: Pwron After Pwr-Fail

    Chapter 3 by PWR-BTN function is disabled, and the computer turns completely off when the power button is pressed. PM Wake up Events 1. IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI/IRQ & Break Suspend: [Enable] the IRQ will allow the system to stay awake/online if any activity or signals passed these IRQ.

  • Page 34: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Chapter 3 PNP/PCI Configurations This section provides information on IRQ and DMA settings. By choosing the PNP/PCI Configuration option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen that lists the manufacturer’s default values for the motherboard is displayed below.

  • Page 35: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Chapter 3 Frequency/Voltage Control By choosing the Frequency/Voltage Control option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen that lists the manufacturer’s default values for the motherboard is displayed below. Figure 3-8 Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio This feature allows user to manually configure your CPU clock ratio according to your processor’s specifications.

  • Page 36: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Chapter 3 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults loads the default BIOS values directly from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure3-1). If user-defined BIOS settings are corrupted and therefore unusable, these defaults will be loaded automatically when you turn on the computer.

  • Page 37: Chapter 4 Driver Setup

    Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Driver Setup Insert the support CD that come with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver or double-click the CD drive icon in [My computer] to enter the setup screen. SiS AGP Driver 1. Select [SiS AGP Driver]. 2.

  • Page 38: Sis Ide Driver (Windows 2000/Windows Xp Only)

    Chapter 4 3. Please select [Yes] to restart computer now or [No] to restart later, and then click on [Finish] to complete the installation. SiS IDE Driver (Windows 2000/Windows XP only) 1. Select [SiS IDE Driver]. 2. Click [Next>] to begin installation.
  • Page 39 Chapter 4 3. Click [Next>] to continue installing SiS IDE Driver. Please select [Yes] to restart computer now or [No] to restart later, and then click on [Finish] to complete the installation.

  • Page 40: Video Application

    Chapter 4 Video Application 1. Select [Video Application]. 2. Click [Next>] to begin installation. 3. Select setup type as either [Typical], [Compact] or [Custom] and select a folder where the program will be installed. Then click [Next>] to continue.
  • Page 41 Chapter 4 4. Please select one folder from existing list of folders and click on [Next >] to proceed. 5. Click [Next>] to continue.
  • Page 42 Chapter 4 6. Click [Yes>] to continue installing the Video Application. 7. Please select [Yes] to restart computer now or [No] to restart later, and then click on [Finish] to complete the installation.

  • Page 43: Audio Driver

    Chapter 4 Audio Driver 1. Select [Audio Driver]. 2. Click [Next>] to begin installation. 3. Check the required components and select a folder where the program will be installed. Click on [Next >] to proceed.

  • Page 44: Lan Driver

    Chapter 4 3. Please select [Yes] to restart computer now or [No] to restart later, and then click on [Finish] to complete the installation. LAN Driver 1. Select [LAN Driver]. 2. Click [Next>] to begin installation.

  • Page 45: Usb 2.0 Driver

    Chapter 4 3. Please select [Yes] to restart computer now or [No] to restart later, and then click on [Finish] to complete the installation. USB 2.0 Driver 1. Select [USB 2.0 Driver]. 2. Click [Yes] to continue.
  • Page 46 Chapter 4 3. After reading the license agreement, please click [Accept] to continue. 4. Select [Yes] to restart your computer.

  • Page 47: Chapter 5 How To Update Your Bios

    Chapter 5 Chapter 5 How to update your BIOS? Updating BIOS may result in an unstable system since the new BIOS will replace the data of the old BIOS. Should anything go wrong during the update process, your system will end up crashed. Please refer to your supplier or manufacture for support on this matter.
  • Page 48 Chapter 5 On the screen the program will ask for the [File Name to Program]. Type in the exact name of the BIOS update binary file, including the *.BIN, and press [ENTER]. The program will now ask you if you want to save your current BIOS version.
  • Page 49 NOTE NOTE All rights are reserved for the products and corporate names/logos that appear in this manual to their original owners. All rights are reserved for changing this manual and all the information/ content is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 50: How To Contact Chaintech

    How To Contact CHAINTECH How To Contact CHAINTECH Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any problem about our products. Any opinion will be appreciated. For Asia, Africa, Australia and Pacific Island: For UK: CHAINTECH COMPUTER CO., LTD CHAINTECH UK., LTD.